DPWH Completes New Catch Wall

MANILA, Mar. 10 — New and sturdy catch walls completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will now protect the daily traffic along Caglanipao National Road in Barangay Cagmanipis and Barangay Caglanipao Sur in Tinambacan District, Samar.

Based on a report submitted by DPWH-Samar 1st District Engineer Alvin A. Ignacio to DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, the road is surrounded by unstable mountainous terrain which causes landslides and rockfalls that endanger a huge number of motorists, especially during rainy and typhoon season.

Implemented in June last year, the P100-million project involves the construction of slope protection structure spanning a length of 463.7 meters along the landslide-prone area.

Concrete catch walls are designed to arrest errant boulders that have broken off from the rock outcrop as well as prevent loose soil from spilling over onto the roads.